Bill Clinton Making First Midterm Campaign Appearance
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Bill Clinton is campaigning for Democrat candidate David Jolly.
Jolly is running for Governor of Florida.
Clinton is heading to Florida on Oct. 22nd for an event.
Former President Bill Clinton will make his first public appearance next week of the 2026 midterms, stumping for fellow Democrat David Jolly in his gubernatorial bid.
Clinton will be traveling to Florida to campaign for Democrat David Jolly in the state’s governor’s race. The former president is scheduled to participate, along with Jolly, in an evening interfaith event in Hollywood, Florida, on Oct. 22, MS NOW reported.
Clinton also campaigned in 2022 and 2024.
Clinton also headlined a fundraiser with Hakeem Jeffries earlier in the week.
In the 2022 midterms, Clinton saved his campaign appearances for the closing days of the election, rallying Democrats in New York, New Jersey and South Texas. Two years later, he was far more active, making dozens of stops across battleground states for then-Vice President Kamala Harris and campaigning for a handful of downballot candidates.
Jolly isn’t the only Florida Democrat Clinton is helping this fall. Earlier this week, he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries headlined a New York fundraiser for Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who is running in a newly drawn toss-up district after a remapping backed by DeSantis dismantled his old one.
A recent poll showed Republican candidate Byron Donalds leading Jolly by 11%.
The poll found Donalds with 52% support and Jolly with only 41%.
Republican candidates continue to hold double-digit leads in Florida’s races for governor and U.S. Senate, and 9 points in a generic ballot, while three proposed constitutional amendments have yet to reach the 60% support required for passage, according to a new statewide survey from Stetson University’s Center for Public Opinion Research (CPOR).
The survey of 826 Florida adults – including 716 registered voters, on whom all electoral results are based – conducted Oct. 1-9, finds Republican Byron Donalds leading Democrat David Jolly 52% to 41% in the governor’s race among modeled likely voters. In the U.S. Senate contest, Republican Sen. Ashley Moody holds the same 52% to 41% advantage over Democrat Angie Nixon. The results include respondents who initially said they were undecided but subsequently leaned toward a candidate.
